It's another double-blog week in UST 311A! The first blog post (the one you're currently reading) will cover the lecture from Wednesday night, and what we learned about working in a group. The second blog post (yet to come) will cover my experiences and observations from the 2013 Iowa State Conference on Race and Ethnicity (ISCORE). Let's get to it.
This week in University Studies 311A, we learned about the importances of working as a group when you are a peer educator. Tyler and Kat lead this week's discussion and activities, and they kept the tradition of great presentations alive. I especially enjoyed the interactive icebreakers that we did as a group.
The "question of the day" was a much deeper and reflective question that I think I have had with my Hixson introduction: if you were a piece of clothing, what would you be? I decided to go with my classic FFA pullover, because that signifies my passion for FFA and agriculture and also alludes to my future career as an agricultural education teacher and FFA advisor.
We also participated in an activity involving wooden dowels, that definitely tested our balance and hand-eye coordination skills! It involved us peer mentors working as a group to pass off our batons using only our right hands.
A group dynamic is definitely important to any organization or business, especially the Hixson learning community. We peer mentors will be responsible for working together to ensure the successes of the freshman Hixson Scholars coming in in the fall semester. Also, it will be our duty to ensure that the freshman are able to work with each other and make themselves better college students and better people.
Great post, Brady! I love that you chose the FFA pullover for your piece of clothing! It's perfect for you!
ReplyDeleteThe group dynamic is important in every group we're a part of and I love that we're developing these skills as peer mentors that will be so useful in our careers and beyond!
I agree with the question of the day being more reflective than usual or it could be taken that way at least. I still am unsure on what item of clothing I am, but it got me thinking.
ReplyDeleteI thought the question of the day was really interesting as well, because you could put as much or as little thought into it as you wanted. I also like what you said about how it's our duty to ensure that there is a good group dynamic in our upcoming peer mentor groups. This is why it is so important that we're taking notes now over the material being covered, so we can absorb everything and use it when we teach!
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